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rancing

rancing is the present participle and gerund of rance.

Meaning of rance

Verb

rance (third-person singular simple present rances, present participle rancing, simple past and past participle ranced)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To prop or shore up.

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Questions about rancing

What is rancing the present participle and gerund of?
Rancing is the present participle and gerund of rance.

Words near rancing in the dictionary

  1. rancidity
  2. rancidly
  3. rancidness
  4. rancidnesses
  5. Rancierian
  6. rancing
  7. Rancièrian
  8. ranciéite
  9. ranck
  10. rancked
  11. rancking

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